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Physicians need to be prepared to speak to patients about Zika virus

Physicians Need to Be Prepared to Talk Zika

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Patient history, including assessment of travel, necessary to assess risk
Nurses and doctors commonly report problems as a result of surgical smoke exposure

Nurses, Doctors Report Health Issues Tied to Surgical Smoke

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Headache, watery eyes, and cough reported by large percentage of respondents
The majority of cancers linked to human papillomavirus are preventable

CDC: Majority of HPV-Linked Cancers Are Preventable

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Cervical cancer, and oropharyngeal cancers in men, account for most HPV-associated cancers
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is appealing to physicians to join the agency as part of its recovery from a 2014 scandal linked to excessive wait times

VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency

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Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
A new study indicates that 8 percent of patients -- or one in 12 -- already diagnosed with one form of cancer will develop a second type of unrelated cancer. The findings were published online  July 5 in Cancer.

Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients

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Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied
For men with metastatic prostate cancer

DNA-Repair Gene Mutations ID’d in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Prevalence of 11.8 percent for germline DNA-repair gene mutations presumed to be deleterious
Compared with 2012

Docs Tending Away From Post-Prostatectomy Adjuvant RT

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Urologists in Australia less favorable toward adjuvant radiotherapy in 2015 versus 2012
Only about half of trials registered at ClinicalTrials.gov are listed in the largest data-sharing repository

Many Clinical Trials Are Not Listed in Data-Sharing Repository

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Fifty-three percent of randomized clinical trials were listed at Clinical Study Data Request website

June 2016 Briefing – Urology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Urology for June 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
Radiologists and technologists have better knowledge about the risks associated with medical imaging examinations than referring physicians

Knowledge of CT Risks Varies Among Health Care Providers

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Radiologists and technologists generally show better knowledge than referring physicians